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ST STARS'. -e a CL Art numerous. There's Bailey and Lewie, -Cran and Bruce, Osklason and Ellis, ftter. rett and Webater, Coray and Roberta, Russell anaVMra. Sym, Mr.

Adam and Mrs. Walter. Buffalo River Don't forget la ire. i Houston, amply rapa-d JLi i '-XK it. Wrii Jt VOL.

31, NO. 72. HOUSTON, TEXAS, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, PAGES. PRICE 5 CENTS 4 vn mm TAZ.il 1IEYS IMAHa IUUN AUU xmimcavmtam HELD LEAD JDDRIUG I. i 4 First Day of Was Ezsy One for Delegation but They -V Phlbyaltast Be 4 note Speech and HeW ing Fdrdgh Bora Who Tto -at Polls KThcirpllsnn Done Will Uz This a Leading Issue of Campaigne theesidjm ing Tribute to MM "-'5 SX XrOUIS.

June ii The deinocratic national convention at its first Were Always Actiye. -v intr tun hadt. iuv Tntrr DELEGATES YEWS OrELEtuiM Favorite Son Boom for Vice President Bwinaiea-tfany Speeches 1 Will! gare ftoBeScbsdnlei Fill Out Fonr Day Program. By W. 8.

Qard, (Houaton Pba Staff Corespondent) ST, LOUIS, June 14. With tired throats and home voices, the 48 Texas delegates to -this national con- June 14. A charge ttiat: foreign born cltlsens of tSs ot Americanism nnd peace. preparedness, and prosperit sounded by Former Oovernor Olynn of New Tork as tempornry chairman and with Jhigh pitch' of enthusiasm "registered by demonstration mfter dernonstration Its approval' of President Wllson'g peaceful conduct of foreign alfairs. The convention, which had gotten, under way with such perfunctory demonstrations a mark every, national United States are trying to levy political blackmail and to undermine the Influence of the national government was made by.

President Wilson In a gathering1 of the kind, soon stirred itself Into roaring cheers as Chairman ft flag day speech here Wednesday. Hi's assertion sounded the keynote ot one of the toremoet issues on which ha will go before the country for reelection and touched upon a Wtform declaration' which will be submitted by. the administration to the St Louis that other- presidents. Including republicans, had adjualed threatening foreign situations without resort to' war. As he went down the list of presidents, recounting their, action to avoid war, the delegates caught the Spirit ot his argument nnd as he referred to each particular president some delegate would call: "What did he dor' fettled the, trouble by negoUatidn," wa the 'reply whlchr Glynn invariably returned, and Re convention would rtf UPProraL 1 -t "i The president spoke before a.

crowd of thousands gathered at the foot of the Washington monument after he ft vamtlnn ttr redtlnar, from their nOlS? preparedness parade at the head of which he himself had marched down Pennsylvania He declared that not since the civil war had it been tested as It now is being tested the Stars and Stripes stood 'for any one united a William J. Bryan as a newspaper correspondent In the press stand, wept with emotion as plynn pictured the victories of peace but he laughed with the crowd when Texas delegate interrupting Glynn leaped to his chair and cried! i ri( dont forget init policy Is also satlatfaetoryHo William Jennings BryakH "There is disloyalty active In the declared the president, speaking emphatically. "It proceeds from a minority, a very small minority, but a very active and subtle minority. works nnder ground but ajso see it; and there are those at this moment who are trying to lery a species of political blackmail, saying do what we wish ln tie Interest of foreign sentiment, or we will wreak our vengeance at the That is the-sort ot thtog against which the American nation will turn with WABH1NOTON. Jooa 14.

EmI Texaa Tw- day- and Friday, aaaamnr fair. -4 Wrat Texaa Tburaday Friday talr. iMlalaBa Tboraday 'aaattled 1a aortk eer- tloa, aeaaralUr fair la soath portJoaj Friday seaaiaUf fair. Foraeaatfbr Boaateai aad gaaerkay fair 't'-'T" 'W' ysi Tamperatara extreosea aad preeipltatJaa at Haoatoa for boon eadina Joaa 14. 1 p.

Uaxlmsia M. ntaimiua.Tf pceclpltatloa aaaa. MaMapaerle pnanuv.at Bonatod at a. at. Wedaaaday .8, aaa levat Suarlae- Tbonday a.

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m. B2 AO Belatlva a. au. per 2 9. at, St par rw? Eomtoa Calendar for Today, i Municipal band concert, Elisabeth Bald, win.

park, to 10:46 p. v- "Membership' workers of tha Chamber of Commerce will dine at Rice at 12:14 In company with Rotary elub.i Amusements. Cnwn theater! "That Sorl' iuee rlramsn.i lala theaters. "Tha-, Eye of Qod," Liberty theatert' "The DaapeHer." 'Rex theater; "Love's Croaa toad'." Eden aark "Three acts free vaudeville. Zee theateri "The Beggar ef Cawn.

Key theaur: "The Habit, ef Happl. Politioi. t. THB DKMOCRATIO national eonmlttce-waa optiml.tic except for the member from Texaa iiatlc except tor the member tram xexaa the Diatrict of Columbia, wao are eon. ami tae viairict 01 leatea.

AT ST. LOUIS Jndre n.ncer baa eompleted an anrnrer toTom Lore'a brief analyalns tbe vote natumai committee ana proTing ue.us poaalklllur of Ixnre'a dalma. ACTINO OOVEBNOH W. P. ifOBBt at Anatla declared the republleaa platform waa com.

monDlaca and' Wuk excot Id two oartlcuLara. and In these waa contradictory, denjrinf and amrminaj Btaiea nauta. TEXANS at' the draiocratld national eon ten. tlon at St Lonls took a leading part In- the acllTltlee ot the 8mt day and ware foremott la the demonstration. They are advantaajeeue- ly waiea toe convention nau.

THB FACT that Everett Colby, the pratreaalra leaaer, naa aa appointment witu unariea Mnahea. led to rumor of aa effort by mutae! frtende to bring the repnbllcan candidate for preaioent ana Lmonei wwaereit tvxetner. -THte DEMOCRATIC national conTeatloa opened at St. Uiula with Prealdent Wlkwn tha u-preme factor. Vice presidential booma arllted.

Vice 1 President Uarahall, aopported hr tk prealdent, atandlnx alone aa a real candidate. FORMER GOVERNOR GLYNN of Mew Tork, in dellTerlna the keynote speech at the St. Louis coorentton. precipitated a demonstra-- tton by mentioning president Wilson, and the crowd demanded a' rep ti tlon of a part ef the speech that pleaaed them moat. THB -OOLDEJI LANS" ihraoah which eheer- lna and spectator paaaed on their way to tha eonTentlon ball In St.

Loula waa not ws Ik less and talkies aa planned, tha euf-frsKlst who lined the streets for 1J blocks betiK jubilant oer the promised victory of recognition in the aemocratie putiorm. 'Domestic UOBTNINO that Bred a SS.OOO-bartel oil tank at Cleveland, caused damaxe bait million dollar. WILLIAM JONES FARTHING of Hotuton re-, xelved the degree ot bachelor of eclence from the Massachusetts inetltute or. Techaoloa. 0O8LET P.

If'DARMBXT. roatig Mnknea blgll achool athletic lnatmetw oa trial charged with killing of bi papUa, took the ataad MARIAN LAMBERT, for 'Who death William Orpet la being tried oa a charge esarder, took 4ba eyanlde that killed her lay a wns, it neTviopea wo snanngt 0OMPTJL8OKX MILITARY TRAINING for alt montha In the eighteenth year of ail healthy American yoath la provided In a hill drawn ity an army omcer and aooa to ee presented to eongreaa and poshed Tigoronsly. 1 REPORTS that Cakmel 1 Roosevelt- Waa seriously 111 proved unfounded. 4t baring developed that the cough with which be la. annoyed.

Is caused by a atralned ligament, the result of a broken no a rear ago wneu nia noraa teu. Mexico. A 0-CALLED Zapata lieutenant Waa convicted and- sentenced to execution 00 a charge of haying robbed a Mexican attorney ot SO.OOO A BANKER In Mexico City waa arrested el harsed itutioa- with refusing to certain conatttu aunt currency of tlM Vara -Orna jii Jailed triab VnTH rh KKW DEVELOPMENTS In the Mex-Ion slrnstlon. ofBclsls aald. tha' failure -of the- de facto government la largely res poos 1- niq iot me unrest now eviaenceu.

Waahineton. COTTON CROPS had unfavorable weather due. Ing the aecood week of June and were rer tne national puiietin aaid. THB ROG8B military, committee reported fa-- vorably on a proposed bill for providing army- Increase and cltiaea training cam. PRESIDENT WILSON his flag day address deplored the apparent disloyalty of aom for- -eyrn-oorn cmaena.

wnica pa termed a sort 01 political Blackmail tnat must submit Americanism. to Texas! CLYDE TBUITT, rears of age, aecldentall: tally died. anot with a riae at. ni ki vampo noma, THB Texaa1 Public i Weigher association ad- tirned at Temple, to meet next year, ar Au- KDMUND CLABOUGH JR, of Awrtta waa eta iitv pramueut vi unv visssf. w.

ovum- weaiarn aniTersitr, SENATOR CULBERSON will remain oa dnty at wasningion, leaving nia reflection eampauin to nia Texaa friends, he announced. KINB Onlventty of Tex students who would nave graanatea. oat wno are on jwrder duty Texaa regiment, wen granted da Kraee- PROHIBITION LEADERS have homed a -caB ror meeting a be neld Ma turn ay in every 'county seat to organlae in the latweat of aubmiasloa In the July primary. F. ROBERTS waa senteoeed to Sve year la tne penitentiary in connection with the em- beaalement of B19.000 tax money from tlie city of Dallas.

An accomplice; was, given tan -j' RATH AH ADAMS oi Dallas will 'head a com' pitte of banker appointed at the recent 8t, Louia meeting, to before the federsl m. serya, hoard protesting certain phase, of to 'CHICKEN SALAD' oti.r riiJlMi anmed at a Colquitt banquet nraat be paid for by Colquitt, and goyernura, must pay their own, grocery miia aa, a-iooak, unias. taa u- preme ceart aaya no. 'Bporti, VAL' DAWSON won the Harris county tansla championahlp. TWO NEW BASEBALL LEAGUES were formed oj rawsion 5 Washington 8t.

Louis 8, Boston Detroit. New York ouij uuif anuva-scujeuuiea. NATIONAL LEAGUE: Chicago 4. New Tork i t'bliaaeipbia rittabnrg BrooUya saiujs dvsiusj uuvmnau a. .1 TEXAfl Houston TV" Shreyeport Si yvaeD o-i, usiyesron x-a; jrort worta a.

Beaumont (11 inning) 1 aaa Antonio Dallas f. BAN FELIPE Jitney line waa abolished by eltf conncU. t. ELKS will give holiday te eUldresT of FalU xiaraa oaturaay. PARADE will be feature ef Hooatoa's Fonrrt of July celebratioiw STONEWALL BOND.

Houston's globe trotter. WdJlaV vat aaawaaswar lAmf MBS. cecu. BCAfcEa Baa copy of newspaper printed In Houston la CITY OF HOUSTON and flUmf driyer Buy get together on bonding ordinance. HARRIS COUNTY liaa surrendered It S28.000 ise aiin Muni i.u.

owiui. cunatapie. rrtAMRER OF COMMERCE ueiubenrto It roll la campaign of Wednesday. EPWORTH LEAGUE In convention here alert ed oolcere for the Houston man prest- HENRY L. BORDEN aald pTngreaalvea are dls.

aotwinted at failure of Joint aomlnatioa ef Kooseveit. W. W. BALDWIN bsa made a pirttvwltloa to tne rouniy ciNnmissioners iov in araiuaga ef iauu aujuceui juvw- uuuiuiti, session Wednesday heard the keynote Olynn cited MsUirio' parallels to show MEXICAN TROUBLE k': RESTED FLAG DAY rinanoal Failure of de Facto Cot- ernmeni Held Refible. Kote Will Say- Only Co-Operatioa in Chasing Banditf Out of Mexico Can Accomplish.

Withdrawal. (Astoeiotti WASHINGTON. June 14. With all government departments closed in ob servance of Flag day there were no de velopments here Wednesday in the grave Mexican Whatever la to the outcome of the Involved situation beyond the border off! clala her ar certain that the pretence of American troops on Mexican soli is only one element, and perhaps a' leaser one, among, those' contributing to unrest In Mexico. The real key to the situation, many of those- in close touch with it believe, la the apparent eollape of th de" facto government's effort to adjust the financial problem la default ef sub- -attnttai oreiga-JV i tM a It Ir evident that many official believe th eoUapa of the facto govern ment is mor to be -expected than any other act by that government against the United State.

Out of such a collapse, however, it 1 feared there Might com an ill advised attempt td eject the American troops sent to pursue Villa and his bandits. 'Army officials have no fear of the afe-ty bf General Persbmg' men, no matter wnai Happens. Th forthcor note damandln The forthcoming reply to the Mexican na aemanainar witndr withdrawal of the Amer-1 mohaatza aa-aln tliat lean troopa will emphaalxe again tliat only by definite co-operation looking to adequat policing by th Carransa troops can wiinaraweu oe acnievea. MEXICAN, WOMEN VOLUNTEERED, Two Thousand Rifle Club Member Ready lor intervention. lAutrtatedPriit Ktport.S i DOUGLAS, June 14.

MfaT Ro- aura V. Detovar of Ague Priexa, prt d'nt of th Sonoro Women's Rifle associa tion, received a letter Governor Adolfo De La Huerta of Bonora Wednes day accepting her proffer of the ervioe of the 1000 member of tha aaaociation a soldiers in case of American intervention. The governor thanked her for the spirit of VI a trio ism exhibited by the offer which had baen submitted with a list of namaa ittci the vltl os memtxTB ot the association, havo been appointed to drill both women and men who ar organising rifle EX ICO AN ER ARRESTED. Held en Charge ef Refusing Money of vnra brui -issusi MEXICO CITT, Junk 11 (via Laredo. Tax.

June 14. William Hopfner, assist ant manager of the Bank of London' and Mexico, was arrested yesterday on charge of refusing to accept certain ooa- atltutlonal mone iy oi tne vera' urus laau and placed in i. the penitentiary pending ZAPATISTA CONDEMNED. Colonal Barren Sentenced te Die for Rob- oino Mexican t-awyer. ('aiUfi''.

tAtncatii Prtu EMti TOLUCA, Mexico, June II (via Laredo, Texas, June 1). Colonel Alfonso Barron, ao-oalled Zabata lieutenant; recently con vlcted. by court martial -on 'a -charge at havlnc robbedr Luia Uauna. a Mexico Cltv KIIUIU! V. MV.VVV IM Ari U.

MM. UM r.1 A AAA Is 1 1... Lam oeen entencaa to ee executeo, GOLF PROFESSIONAL TESTIFIED IN WILLIAM ORPET TRIAL Said Bottles of All Description! in Woods ITear Lake Forest, left hy Picnicken. -I i AttocioUiPrtttRttorl.y WAUKEGAN. June X4, William Mar ha 11, a golf profeaalonal employed at the Onwentsia Country club at Lake For eat, waa the principal wltneas Wednesday at the trial of William Orpet on a charge of killing Marion Lambert Feb ruary last, Other witnesses Were Dr.

John L. Tay lor, coroner. and Dr. B. Par menter, who axpressed' the opinion that the cyanide of potassium, which caused Marlon's death was taken in liquid form and therefore muat have been contained In a bottle.

Marshall ald picnic part lea frequented -tno wooda ana there were many bottle of every description scattered about. Ho was on the stand all afternoon undergoing, cross-examination aa to the footprints in Helm wooda where eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeey ADVANCED 80 MILES 115 BUKOWINA SYfEEP Russians Taking Thousand of Prisoners, Nowhere Checked. Verdun Tigliting at Low Ebb. Canadians Held Captured Liner Oennan Cruiser 8unk in the Baltic The Associated Press summarised the war situation as An advance Of about miles by tne Russians who have Csernowlta a their objective la chronicled la the latest Russian otnctal eommunlcatlon. Having previously crossed "the Dniester river and taken Rorodnka and Zai Sscsyky, th Russlah have now driven their mn.

to the left bank bf th River Pruth' aad captured the town of Bnlatyn, which If only 10 mile nortbjwert of the Bukowina caplfhL Nowhere on the.Jront fromhe Prlpet river In Bussla and through Galicla to Bukowina ha there been any cessation In the great Russian offensive. Along th entlr line, according to the Russian war office, the Aurtro-Hungarlana and Qer-mans ar being driven back and th Russian are still taking thousand of pita-oner and capturing guns, machine gun and war In the 11 days' drive 1780 officer and lt.OOO men and ISO gun and ISO machine guns' have bean captured. RUSSIANS STOLE MARCH ON GERMANS the lower end Of the German line In Russia north of Baranovichi th Russians evidently have anticipated the proposed German offensive and taken tha, initiative into their, own band. Hare after violent artillery preparation the Russian essayed to atorm the German line. Berlin says; however, that all their effort failed and that they were repulsed with heavy losses, 'Ih The fighting around Verdun has dwindled to intermittent bombardments, there Having" been no Infantry attack anywhere on thl front lne Tuesday, when French" positions west and south of Thlaumount farm were captured by the Germans and 19 French made prisoners.

The Canadlanseytround ZUIebeke in Bel-glum are holding to the' 1600 yard of ground recaptured from the Oermana- Tueaday, although the Germans are heavily bombarding them. No infantry attacks hav been carried, out by the Teutons. The latest advices from th Austro-Italian war 'theater' ctedit the Italians with repulsing violent Austrian attacks on the Poslna front northwest of Schlo, On the other sector of th line the Austrian ar bombarding th Italian position, i GERMAN CRUISER -Jw-I SUNK. The German auxiliary cnilaer Mermann. has been attacked and aunk in the Baltic east of Stockholm by four Ruaaian torpedo boat destroyers, according to Berlin.

Report from Sweden aad Denmark concerning the fight 'say It' was between (Continued, on 'Pag Sevan.) convention. had reviewed for five hours a great United SUtes, and It must be absolutely shows its ugly head where we can TAKENAS AN 1:4: vrmn vnakkanas, The president' word wer taken as an open challenge to foreign -born Americana whoh had from foreign language newspaper and other sources, ar opposing him foe. re-election. Mr. Wilson devoted the entire day to the Flag day and prepardns demonstra tion.

Carrying a large American flag, ha walked from the Capitol to, the Whlte House the head ot more thai 50.000 including many high government Persons In th president's Confidence said that his Ideas about tbe political activltiaa ot foreign born cltlsen would be the baala of a plank In th platform to be adopted by the St Loula convention. The text of the president' address follows: "I have not com here thl afternoon with the purpose of delivering to you any elaborate address. It seem to me that the day is sufficiently eloquent already With the meaning Vhlqh It should convey tO "I need not remind you how much sentiment ha been poured out In i th.e flag of the United State Some time ha ve been charged with being a very aentl mental people, fond of xpresing In general rhetorical phrases principles not sufficiently defined in action and I dare say there have been times of happy and careless eaaa in this country when al that It ha been necessary to do lor the honor of the flag to put out Into poetic lytpresalons, into tha word that for the time being satisfied our hearts. THIS OF SENTIMENT. "But thla la not a day of- sentiment.

Sentiment is a propulsive power but It doe not propel In the way that I serviceable lo the nation unless it hav a definite purpose before It Thl is not merely-a day of entlment. It la a day of purpoaea. 'It 1 an eloquent symbol of th unity of our history that upon this monument which commemorate the 'man who did moat to establish th American Union hould have hoisted those stars that have so multiplied since hi time, associated with those line of red and white which mean an that la pur In pur purpose, and all that I red in our blood In th -service Of a nation whose history ha been full of Inspiration because of hi example. But Washington was one or the least sentimental men that America has aver produced. WASHINGTON MAN OF ACTION, "Th thing, that thrills about Washington is that ha waa Impatient of any sentiment that has not got definite purpose in it.

His letter run along th line of not merely along the line ot sentiment and the most; inspiring times that this nation ha ever seen hav been times when sentiment haa to be translated into action. "Apparently thl nation I again and again and again to be tested and always tested In the same way, Th last supreme teat thl nation went through was the test of tha civil war. You know how leep that cut. You know what exigent sues of life were at laau in that great struggle. a "Where are now the divisions of sentiment which cut us asunder at th time of the.

civil war? Id you not aee blua and tbe arayjniustlvd thi aiorniug ia ths prooeaaion? Did you not see the sons a subsequent generation walking togethtu In, happy comradeship? Waa there an' contradiction of feeling or division aentlment evident there, for a moment? -Nothing cute so deep a a civil war and yet ail the wound of that war have been he ealed not only, but the very passion of that war eem to hav contributed to the change your Preston 1 participation In the first this body which Is to renomlnata Wilson and Marshall as the party stan dard This was a day- ot cheering and Texas '1 was right nvjthe vanguard. Har41j(tnadithe keynote1; by 1 Grovernor Martin H. Glynn keynoted before Pat O'Keefe and hid Texas flag ir'ere leading excited" delegatles jibout the hall and prolonging the cheering f. long after Glynn and officials upon the platform had sought to quell jthe'riot of noise. The banner of the Texas delegation.

'which has for Its central -decoration a splendlt portrait fit Presl-- dent Wilson, was sent jto platform during the first demonstration and left there as a part of the hall's decorations. r- Governor Farguaon and a majority of the Texaa delnataa Wert early arrival! at the convention having marched In a body from their hotel they passed through the lane of suffragists stretching to the coliseum. -They spent soma 'time In Vlait-Ing friends in' other -delegations and In concluding arrangements 0 that all might have chairs on the floor. The Texans were pleased to sea that the Fennsylvar la delegation, was again placed just in front ot the space assigned to the Txas standard. At the Baltimore 'convention tha Texas and Pennsylvania delegates formed many dojie friendships and exchanged banners as mementoes ot the occasion.

i1 This, spirit of friendship is likely to be renewed this weefc, 3' TEXAS DCLEQATION WKLU SITUATED. 'Tha' Ixne tar delegation Is most ad-' vantageously situated, being located in the center of the hall and directly Jar front of the speaker's platform. With Penn- sylvania seated immediately in front of kanaas on the left there is a feeling that tha Texans have some excellent neighbors and that wide aisle on their right gives excellent opportunity for their irrepressi ble O'Kaef to work off surplus energy A and swing his flag without endangering the lives of the "delegates. Thomaa B. Love in possession of credentials which give him- not only prtv lieges or tha fioor but enable- hlra to go any section ot the great: haU, and ha availed himself liberally, of these advan tages during the opening Session ofthe convention.

He conferred With many dlf ferent. delegations and as Soon William Bryan entored the press section Mr Love forced his way through the crowd and grasped the Kebraskan by the hand. were In close conference for five minutes, Mr. Bryan apparently express' ing hi sympathy and horror over the tale of political tragedy which Mr. Love was rapidly whispering into his ear.

So far as Mr. Bryan Is concerned, he exerting ho influence upon- this oonven-' tlon He was liberally applauded when -v (Continued onPage Three.) PRESIDENT WILSON APPROVED -J HIS PLANK ON AT-RICANISM Secided to Openly Challenge Ameri- of Alien Birth Op posing AjtciotkdPrttflrport.) '( 1 WASHINGTON' Jvne 14. President Wilson on Wednesday approved a plank on Americanlani. for the democratic na-tlonal platform which arraigna individuals or aniarissfcklng ttf embarraaa the government In negotiations foreign nations and. condemns any political party which modifies its polloy for- fear of po--, litlcal i The president decided to challenge openly Amert'jfans of alien' birth opposing his foreign Learning from edi-, torlals in some foreign language papers that they were supporting the republican nominee." Mr.

Wilson sent word to bis personal- representative in 8t Louis to make the plank on Americanism direct and nneo.ulvocaj.;r.,':l..s'.;i-'riji The plank on drawn part ly here and partly In Bt Louis, was ready Wednesday night for" 'submission to the resolutions committee of the convention. It carries out acme of the ideas expressed by the president in 4 Flag Day address here Wednesday accusing a small group I' of Americans of foreign extraction of 'levying pollUcai blackmail" to gain their ends. It further states that, the democratic party will not be influenced by such "blackmail" and in effect challenges the republican nominee to take a similar stand. The foreign born Americans are se verely criticiMd for Interfering In behalf of foreign nations in the relations be twean the United States and other coun-triea Mr. Wilson conalders the campaign for the presidency on la earnest and his aiMkeernen ey he will keep constantly on SIXTEEN-MINUTS DEMONSTRATION.

5- Aside from a l-mlnute demonstration when' iClialrman Olyna predicted President Wilson's re-elecUon, Glynn's, speech Was sprinkled, witn demonstrations which he found difficult to still so he could goon. It was plain that the telling points on tne delegates were the recital Pres ident effort to keep the coun try at peace. "Thls pollcy," be aaWU'maJr not eatis fy the fire eater and the swashbuckler. But It does satisfy the mothers of the land at whose hearts and firesides no Jingoistic war has placed an empty chair. It doea satisfy the fathers or this laiid arid the sons of this land who will fight tor our flag and die for our, flag when reason primes the erine, when honor draws 7 the sword and When justice breathes a blessing on the standard thoy uphold." i The last ot the words were drowned out In a roar of applause that swept the coliseum.

'v' "Repeat iC cried the delegates. "An right, be quiet and rtt repeat it," responded Olynn, and he did, to applause and cheering, Mo other president since the civil War. Olynn told the convention had faced such crucial problems, none had. dlsplayetj a grasp of statearaanahlp more profound. After hearing the keynote speech the convention adjourned until It o'clock tomorrow.

Committees then went into session to propare their' work tot the, con-venUen. On their way to the eortveatlon paaased between Utiewof suffragetbM spread sJCnVJa blocks. Locust street to the couseumi. the suffragettes were ranged along the curbs, arrayed -White and yellow, and held yellow The waving Unea of young women gav the demonstration the pppular name Oolden lan." Wl LSON AND MArShalC' WAS SUOQAN i and Marshall and victory, In November' was the Slogan of the delegates who crowded the coliseum" for th opening session of the convention. Thero probably Was not due democrat who entered the 'buUdlng who could recall when a national convention.

or, tnat party en tared, upon itg work, with more harmony than that which prevailed Wednesday among tha more than lOOf delegates. The candidates for president and vice had been decided upon and accord ing to the leaders there will be no friction over, the party'a declaration 6f prln- dplea Only the of a few planks in the platform remains to be agreed upon. Vi iy VT Despite the expected- cut-end-dried proceedings which the party managers hope to enliven by "calling upon old earn. paigners to deliver, speeches to the dele gates at odd moments during theeaalona. the sergeant, at arms of the convention was prepared with- a small army "of as sistants to handle large crowd at all the Every seat in tne oval shaped hall had been -allotted and arrangements had been, made, to take care of hundreds in spaces betck of the seata and In the aisles.

I mHJ: Quitav Vht- contrast to the republican convention Chicago, when more a doaen different kinds of -weie worn, announcing favorite son candidate for there waa but ohebutton seen on the delegates, and that carried a likeness bf President WUsdn; Delegate shouted for Wilson, jror neckties with the name Wilson embroidered on them or earrled pictures ef the The. national Committee, has adopted a design, for a campaign button auggest by National Committeeman McLean North Carolina. It I bears a picture of President Wilson-with' -the motto "Amer. lea Flrst'Mn bold red latter. I Those who did not' have a Wilson button Wore some) emblem indicating their favorite for-vice preaident Thomas Marshall, ot ladlans, Roger C.

Sullivan of Illinois. Governor Major of Missouri, or Governor Moreheid of Nebraaka. But only1 one of these 'appeared to be In the running' the present Vice president President Wilson, has Indicated his preference tor his. running mat of former years and there is not the slightest ooubt that his wish wia be gratified. The.

other candidates may have compli mentary votes, but If the leaders who are managing the convention can bring, it Vice MarshaJl wlU be renominated by acclamation; 'J" 1 Those who looked for clear weather for the convention were a bit disappointed to learn that conditions were uncertain. There Was. bowover one thing virtually certain, and that was that It waa Warm enough to make the closely packed crowd In the coliseum swelter. ADJOURNMSNT NOT DETERMINEO. 1 Whether the convention win adjourn after" President Wilson has been nominated and a session held Saturday morn ing to name ma president, or on Page rour.) YILSOH WIRED HIS PLANK OF LOYALTY Telegrapiied Cbxg of Political Blacluaafl ta St 1 Declaration of Americanism Con- dtanni Party Failinjf to Be-pndiate Conspiracy of Toreign Born.

8T. LOUIS, Mom'- June 14. Preaident WIlson'sN plank on Americanism tor the democratic practically charging a conspiracy by aowe foreign-born cltlsens to influenoe foreign and Inter national affairs for the benefit of other governments and condemning any organisation countenarictng such movements aa wen a any political party which by failure to repudiate auclUa conspiracy receives the benefit of it at the baUot box, was telegraphed-, here -Wednesday night from; Washkgtori and placed before the democratic leader. 11 As the resolutions eommtHeea which Will draft the Platform and -pass pn the pjankf -jwaa engagedrfat araU hour continuing rwblio -peraona urging vartouS declaration Jn the platform the plank which has the president's approval and which premle to be the sensation of the democratlo platform was hot formally considered and probably will hot 1 be 'until i Thursday when, the subcommittee which makes the final draft of the platform has 1U meeting- fcfj i -'There was very guarded talk about the president's plank Wednesday because all Ihe leaders agreed that practically every thing depedded upon the phraseology in Which it finally found iU way into the platform and they did-not. propose to risk' any leaks Which might prove em barrassing The convention boandleis enthusiasm whenever of Americanism waa touched upon, gave evidence that the president's plank would go into the platform in some terms, but It la oertaln to be the subject ot exteodel and careful deliberation.

SUB-COMMITTEE FOR V. PLATFORM WORK. following sub-comrnjltee to draft the platform "waa Senator Stone of Miasourt chairman; Representative Rainey of Illinois. Senator Walsh of Montana, Senator Hollle-of New Hampshire. RepreaenUtive F1U-gerald of New Tork, Senator Pomeren of former Representative Mitchell Palmer ef Pennsylvania, Senator Martin of Virginia and Governor Stanley of The adbcommlttee is expected to report to the enth committee at I O'clock Wednesday afternoon.

-f-' One tenutlve' form for the wording, of the plank, which was being' considered Wednesday'nlght, but which was subject to change by the waa a follows; is called to certain organisations have been attempting to Influence thej course of American lives and policies In the interest of foreign powers. Such organisations are condemned. and any' political party which seeks to. take advantage of auch influences 1 1 denounced, I I Thla -would be followed by a '4olaratloo to make Jt clear that the plank Is In no wy to be taken as a reflection upon the great body naturalised dtlien. Irrespective of theli1 race or origin." Representative Rainey of Illinois, who la leading the administration fight in the house for ar tariff commission bill, will draft the Bestdea praising the.

present tariff law it is planned to d.e clare for a protective tariff for the dye-stuff Industry for a period ot probably five years. CONTEST EXPECTED. 8ome of the democrat expect a contest In- th committee ever such a protetitlv feature, but it be pointed, out' that no dyeatuff Industry, of proportions now xJt. itf America, and that th duties ar intended solely to protect a new industry froniy the dumping of European dyes, which is expected to follow the war and th resumption of ocean transportation from the central empir. Conferences among leader had brought the status of the democratlo platform Wednesday night to a point from the all-Important Issue of foreign ar-fairs It Stood substantially as follows: No specific mention would be mad of Mexico and that subject would be covered by Implication In general declarations outlining relation of the United State with (Continutd on Page Two.) What a difference when you get jour hojne paper each day while.

on your vacation. No Iroiible to just call ress- for the Circulation agsisss've. tne.ooay was louno..

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